Time with close friends of the family
Seven days ago the World Health Organisation changed the status/definition for this COVID-19 outbreak from 'Global Emergency' to 'Global Pandemic'. The UK's risk mitigation activities appear to have failed and we are accelerating into an un-contained transmission of COVID-19.
Roccaraso, located in Abruzzo, the mountainous region to the East of Rome that stretches across Italy almost to the Adriatic. Amazingly, the average lift queue seemed to take about 30 seconds to get through. Roccaraso has 110km of skiing across 70 slopes, all well-groomed. Most of the slopes have good snow-making facilities to ensure the piste area is covered with fresh snow. The ski area comprises lies between 1,325m and 2,142m.
Brexit goes into overdrive following the 2019 election result and the UK prepares for seismic changes. We’re heading for the biggest shakeup in economic and monitory policy in a generation to get us through. About 45% of UK imports come from the EU and 79% of imported food comes from the EU[..]
There was a continual sound of at least one helicopter and numerous sirens close to the office, our phones were pinging breaking news. Two black high-speed police ribs, blue lights flashing, blasted past. Out of the window we could see London bridge was at a standstill
Westminster bridge was swarming with people on foot heading to and from Parliament Square which was rammed with protestors. The whole area around Parliament square, Whitehall, Trafalgar Square, across to St James along the route of the Peoples March was closed to traffic. The closer we got to Parliament Square the more densely packed the crowd.
So the month kicked off with a showdown between two English clubs in the Champions League Final, I confess that I found the match a bit of a let-down. As with the Europa league, both Spurs and Liverpool had massive [...]
It’s great to see the new year in with really close friends. We did some proper good partying on the Isle of White this year: We're a group five families in all. We meet a couple of times a year [...]
The transition out of a normal routine to a couple of nights under canvass and experiencing life in the great outdoors with family friends is always a highlight of the summer. Oh yes, it’s so much fun to be holed-up [...]
